Device for binding fodder.



O. P. BAKER.

DEVICE POR BINDING FoDDBR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1913.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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DEVICE FOR BINDING FODDER.

APPLICATION FILED. PEB. 7. 191s.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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COMMADORE P. BAKER, OF ST. CATHERINE, MISSOURI DEVICE FOR BINDING FODDER.

Application filed February 7, 1913.

To all LU/0m t may concern Be itjknown that I, CoMMADonn P. BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Catherine, in the lcounty of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Binding Fodder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for binding or bundling corn fodder and the like, andit has for its object to produce a simple and convenient device which may be readily appliedto and used in connection with an ordinary wagon box for the purposeset forth.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of the class described which may be. conveniently adjusted to wagon boxes of different height and which may also be adjusted so as to be effectively used for bundling fodder of varying lengths.

A further object of the invention is to construct a' device of the character described which, while-in position on a wagon box, may be conveniently folded and supported for transportation while'the wagon is moving from oneplace to another.

vVith theseiand other ends in view'which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement'r and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invent-ion, it being, however, understood that noy limitation is necessarily made to the precise stri'ictural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifica tions within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In' lthe drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a portion of a wagon upon which the improved device has been mounted for operation. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view showing a bundle of fodder in position. Figlisatop plan view showing a bundle of fodder in position to be tied. Fig. 5 is an end view showing the device folded for transportation.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

A pair of vertical frame bars 1, 1 are provided at their upper ends with cleats 2 Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Serial No. 746,896.

adapted to be hooked over 'the sideboards 3 of an `ordinary wagon box. Each of the frame bars is provided with laterally exn tending arms 3 overlapping each other and connected slidably together by means of sleeves or bands l having tightening means, such as set screws 5, whereby the overlapping arms may be secured with respect to each other, thereby enabling the framebars 1, 1 to be moved togetheror apart, as desired, and secured in` adjusted position.

Connected with .the lower ends of the frame bars 1 by means of vhinges Gare bracket members 7, and connected hingedly with the outer ends of said bracket members are legs or supportsS which are adapted to fold against the bracket members vwhen the latterV are folded upwardly adjacent to the frame bars 1. The bracket members may be supported in folded relation with respect to the frame bars by means of hooks 9 and eyes or keepers 10. The legs or supporting members are provided with extensions 11 which are slidably or telescopically connected therewith by means of sleeves 12 having fasten-ing means such as set screws 13.

A sleeve 141 which is slidably mounted on the lowermost pair of overlapping arms 3 is providedwith eyes 15, 16, one above the other. Connected with the lower eye 16 is one end of tightening rope 17, said rope being yguided over a pulley 18 in a loose block 19 having a hook 2O with which -it may Vbe detachably connected with the eye 15 above the eye with which the rope 17 is connected. A flat spring 21 which will serve on occasion to hold the free end of the tightening'rope 17 while the bundle is being tied is secured on the outer side face of one of the bracket members 7. A twine can 22 is provided which may be detachably supported on a pair of overlapping arms 3.

In the operation of this invention, the improved device is mounted on one of the sides of an ordinary wagon box. The extension members 11 are so adjusted with respect to the legs of supporting members 8 that when the bracket members 7 are folded outward from the frame members 1, they may be supported in an approximately horizontal position `by the lower ends of the extension members resting on the ground. The frame bars 1, 1 are also moved together or apart as may be required,` "and secured in adjusted position by the `sleeves' l and set screws 5, according to the members length of the fodder that is to be operated. Vhen the wagon has been brought to the desired position, the fodder may be piled on the brackets 7 until a suiiicient quantity to form a bundle has been placed in position, the tightening rope 17 being meanwhile permitted to depend between the bundle and the wagon box. lVhen the desired quantity has been accumulated the pulley block is lifted and connected by the hook 20 with the eye l5, thus bringing the Atightening rope around the bundle which may now, by pulling the tightening rope, be tightened to a compact condition in which it may be held by engaging the tightening rope beneath the holding spring 2l. The bundle may now be tied with twine supplied from the can 22, after which the rope 17 is cast loose, and the bundle may now be thrown into the wagon box, after ywhich the device is ready for a repetition of the operation. Vhile the wagon is being transported from one place to another, the bracket members 7 may be folded upward adjacent to the frame members l and supported in this position by engaging the hooks 9 with the eyes l0. The supporting members 8 will now be supported adjacent to the outer faces of the bracket members in alrelevated position with respect to the ground, and the wagon may now be moved to another location.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A frame structure comprising side members having laterally extending overlapping arms, means for adjustably connecting the arms, supporting hooks at the upper ends of the side members, supporting brackets connected hingedly with the lower ends of the side members, and leg connected hingedly with the bracket members.

2. A supporting frame having adjustably connected side members, bracket members connected hingedly with the lower ends of the side members, leg members connectedy hingedly with the bracket members, and means for supportingthe bracket members in raised condition with respect to the frame members.

3. A frame having means whereby it may be supported on a wagon box, said frame including side members having overlapping arms and means whereby said arms are adjustably connected, bracket members connected hingedly with the lower ends of the side members of the frame, leg members connected hingedly with the bracket members, extension members connected adjustably with the leg members, and means whereby the bracket members may be sup-` members, means for supporting said bracket members in approximately a horizontal position approximately at right anglesto the side members of the frame, a tightening` rope having one end connected with the frame, a loose block having a pulley over which the tightening rope is guided, and means for connecting the block detachably with the frame.Y i

5. A frame comprising side members having overlapping arms, and vmeans whereby said arms are adjustably connected, said side members having supporting hooks at their upper ends, bracket members connected hingedly with the lower vends of the side members, means for supporting said bracket members in approximately a horizontal position approximately at right angles to theV side members ofthe frame, a tightening rope having one end connectedV with the frame, a loose block having a pulley over which the tightening rope is guided, and means for connecting the block detachably with the frame; and means on one of the bracket members whereby the free end of the tightening rope may be secured.

6. A frame comprising side members having laterally extending overlapping arms and provided with supporting hooks at their upper ends, means whereby the overlapping arms are adjustably connected to secure the side members at various distances apart, a sleeveslidably engaging one pair of overlapping arms and having eyes associated therewith, a tightening rope con-v nected with one eye of the sleeve, a loose block having a pulley over which the tightening rope is guided, said block having ra hook adapted to detachably engage the other yeye of the sleeve, bracket members connected hingedly with the lower ends of the side members of the frame, one 0f said bracket members having a holding spring, and leg members connected hingedly with the bracket members to support the latter inextended position.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of'two witnesses.

COMMADORE P.V BAKER.

Witnesses: A Y

J. D. PEAULEY, F. A. RAMsnY.

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Washington, D. C. 

